Where is the Adrian Peterson talk?

[Spider-Dan]

I guess my parents should both be doing 25 to life for all the wooden spoons and belts I got beat with when I was a kid. My mom had a yardstick in the car so she could more easily reach us in the back seat.

There's a difference between litigating something that happened 30 years ago and today.  Times change.

There are many things that were perfectly acceptable in the 1950s that were not acceptable in the 1980s.  It shouldn't be too hard to think of some of them.

[fyo]

The AP is reporting that AP was just deactivated indefinitely by the Vikings and placed on the "Exempt Commissioner Permission List", which basically means he's been suspended from all team activity.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/vikings-bring-back-peterson-abuse-charge-25529651

[MikeO]

The AP is reporting that AP was just deactivated indefinitely by the Vikings and placed on the "Exempt Commissioner Permission List", which basically means he's been suspended from all team activity.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/vikings-bring-back-peterson-abuse-charge-25529651

It's the right thing to do

[Fau Teixeira]

And great for my fantasy team !

[Spider-Dan]

I think the main thing to learn from this story is that half-measures only hurt you.

SF has done absolutely nothing about Ray McDonald and you don't hear their sponsors getting squirrelly.
MIN decided to sit AP and then reinstate him, which is where they got in trouble.  They could have done exactly the same thing SF did, which is say "we're waiting for due process" and leave it at that.

[Sunstroke]

I think the main thing to learn from this story is that half-measures only hurt you.

SF has done absolutely nothing about Ray McDonald and you don't hear their sponsors getting squirrelly.
MIN decided to sit AP and then reinstate him, which is where they got in trouble.  They could have done exactly the same thing SF did, which is say "we're waiting for due process" and leave it at that.

That is certainly part of it, but another part is the difference in stature/public popularity. When you say the name "Adrian Peterson," everyone knows you're talking about a sports superstar. If you mention the name "Ray McDonald," most people outside the Bay Area will ask "Did Old McDonald have a son, E-I-E-I-O?

[Brian Fein]

I guess the old "innocent until proven guilty" is out the window, huh?

[fyo]

I guess the old "innocent until proven guilty" is out the window, huh?

(well, yes, it's been gone since the birth of the Internet, if not before)

In fairness, though, the facts of the case don't really seem to be the issue with AP. It is, first and foremost, a matter of his conduct (the result of which has been documented). Is that conduct acceptable? The issue of legality is completely secondary.

[MikeO]

I guess the old "innocent until proven guilty" is out the window, huh?

He is innocent still. He is still getting paid by his employer. They just don't want him at work till this gets sorted out with the legal system.

Nothing wrong with that at all. AP can't bitch...the paychecks are still coming in.

[CF DolFan]

I think Peterson took it too far. He needs parenting classes but doesn't appear to be purposely abusing his kid. It's hard to equate to him to murderers and women abusers IMO.

[Phishfan]

I swear I'm not making this stuff up. My friend who had Rice & AP on his team had picked up Dwyer for his bench earlier this week.

Between injuries and arrests, I've never seen a year in the NFL like this one.

[Sunstroke]

^^^I read that to my roommate and he cackled like a madman...

[MikeO]

The Vikings just cut "ELITE NFL WR" Jerome Simpson today.

Guess the pressure is on to get rid of some scumbags after the AP situation.

[Dave Gray]

I finally saw the pictures of AP's kid.

It's pretty cut and dry child abuse.  My daughter is turning 3 this week.  She's so innocent.  No child deserves lashings.  Hell, no person deserves lashings.

Apparently, he has 7 kids with different women all across the country.  Dude's a scumbag.

[MikeO]

I finally saw the pictures of AP's kid.

It's pretty cut and dry child abuse.  My daughter is turning 3 this week.  She's so innocent.  No child deserves lashings.  Hell, no person deserves lashings.

Apparently, he has 7 kids with different women all across the country.  Dude's a scumbag.

Yep!